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From Eggs to Explosives: The Pentagon's Long Shopping List
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2013/12/pentagon-military-contractor-shopping-listThe military handed out $361 billion to contractors in 2012. Here's what it bought.
From Eggs to Explosives: The Pentagon's Long Shopping List
—By Dave Gilson | Mon Dec. 23, 2013 3:00 AM GMT
Running the massively big, most powerful military in the world requires a lot of stuff, from tanks to toilet paper. The Pentagon handed out $361 billion to contractors in 2012. Some of the items on its long shopping list:
Note that is for 2012 only.